South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-17

: for IN old-fashioned celebration OF
the Fourth OF July.
Ex'SecretAry Manning and family
arrived in Now York Saturday from
Europe.
Mrs. Annie Griffith, of Phiisdcl-
pLia, In Ut OF insanity Saturday cut
the throat Of her ten year.Old laugh.
ter Mabel with razor anil then drew
the weapon across her own ,hrost,
dying almost instantly. Tho child
dad few hours later.
When Capt. Thomas Phelsn. cf
knnsas CITY. was stabbed in O'Don.
ovan Rossa's Office. in New York,
two years ago. he had an accident
tPolicy for IS 600 in the Travellers
Insurance Company. The company
refused to pay the money on the
ground that Phelan bail provoked the
assault by going TO RossA's office.
Pbelan sued the company, and was
on Saturday awarded judgment for
tho full amount.
| A New York policeman found 81.
500 on the stree: Saturday in bills,
and at once turned 1t over to the
proper authorities.
Tho monument erected by Louis.
ianians TO the memory of the Louis
lana soldiers Who fell in the defense
of Vi@ksburg was unveiled there Sat.
,urtiay.
Hugh Dugan burglsrized the saw.
ing bank at 81. Martiu's N. r., ten
days ago, securing $50 600 in secu-
rifles and $50 in cash. lie was cap.
tured after lonk chase.
The union and non union carpen-
tiers at Toronto. Ont, numbering
from 1000 TO 1920, struck Saturday
for higher wages.
Some parts Of Missouri are over.
run with great swarms Of kiEd Of
insects resembling cantharities or
spanish fy. Thousands of persons
have had their skin bl!stered by these
pests. and the lights in the houses
have to be put out at night for fear
of attracting the poisonous instct
Miss Lucie Stuart. the only daugh-
ter Of VIM. A. Stuart, the principal
owner OF the Greenbrier White Sul-
phur Springs, was married at the fs-
mily residence, Elk Garden, Russell
county, Va. last Wednesday, to Mr..
Campbell, Of Wyiheville, Va. Tue
bride is niece of the famous Con-
tolerate cavalry chieftain Gen. "Jeb'
Stuart.
/ Wolves are playing havoc With
sheep in Nicholas county, this State.
Coffee IL going down again
| Recently The German Ala 5 ,ciety.
to which many Of the striking Boston
brewers belong voted 81 200 10 all
the strikers. Other members of the
&c cieiy secured an INJUNCTION restrain
ing tho treasurer from paving the
amount. Judge Allen decided that
the funds of the society could not be
used for such purpose.
1t is statrd that Adjutant. General
Gray, OF tue Grand Army of the Re-
public. Is issuing to all the po lis IN
The country document in the nature
of dependent pension bill, whose
passage will be urged upon the next
Congress.
Fire started by spontaneous COM
bustion Of waste rags in the Fred.
Meyers Manufacturing Company, in
Covington, KY, caused a loss of
! 100000.
The American Medical Association
will meet next year in Cincinnati.
Severe shocks Of earthquake haze
occurred at Vernome, in Turkcstan.
The town was almost entirely destroy.
ed. On, hundred and enty per-
sons were killed and one hundred aid
twenty-five injured. Among the lat
ter is Gen. Friede, the Governor Of
thu Province Of Semiretcbinsk.
The stockholders OF tue Cumber-
land and Piedmont Railroad Com pa.
ny, formerly Piedmont and Cumber~
land held the first election under the
new charter FRIDAY. resulting rs fol-
lows: President, Thomas Il. Davis;
secretary and treasurery X. G. Bux-
ton; directors. I. Is. Davis, n. G..
Davis, s. b. Elkins, J. A. MiIlbol.
land. w. +. Porter, j. G.. Brady and
+. III. Offutt. Matters in the Cook
erly farm right of-way dispute arc ut
q stand-still, awaiting the dccisi n Of
the Court Of Appeals, which 10 OK
pected next week.
In the Distribution OF the 800, 900
appropriated by Congress to pr vide
arms and equipments for the militia.
Maryland will receive s7,373 V,r-
ginia, $l1,059; West Virginia, IS,
529.
Gov. Wilson, Of this State, has APP
pointed Henry Cunning ham. of Min
ersl county, and r.. J. Tucker, OF
Fayet,e county. mine inspectors.
A panic occurred In the coffee
market 10 New York Monday, result
ing in several heavy failures. Coffee
fell 80 per bag, and the day will loo
remembered az the Black Friday in
the Coffee Exchange.
Col. A. X. Mcclure. editor of The
Philadelphia Times, is announced TO
deliver the address OF vel, ONE on be-
half Of the Philadelphia Brigade 10
the survivors OF Pickett's Division.
who will be the guests Of the brigade
at the reunion. to be held al Gettys
burg on July 4. The response is 10
be made by Gov. Fiizbugh Loe, OF
Virginia. =
Vim. +. Chandler Rep. has been
e!' cted TO the United States Senate
from New Hampshire for the unex.